CopyCited 6 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 56 A.L.R. 6th 815, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 27361, 2008 WL 793584
...See Ch.2004-252, § 13, Laws of Fla. Early voting allows any registered voter, beginning on the fifteenth day before an election, to cast a ballot at the main or a branch office of the Supervisors of Elections, or at any other early voting site designated by the Supervisor. See § 101.657(1), Fla....
CopyCited 5 times | Published | District Court, N.D. Florida
...Supervisors of elections attributed these "excessive and unreasonable waiting times" to several factors, including "inadequate voting locations." Id. Under Florida law, supervisors of elections have discretion to designate certain eligible locations as early voting sites. Fla. Stat. § 101.657 (1)(a) ("The supervisor may also designate ...") (emphasis added)....
...e any city hall, permanent public library facility, fairground, civic center, courthouse, county commission building, stadium, convention center, government-owned senior center, or government-owned community center as early voting sites." Fla. Stat. § 101.657 (1)(a)....
...e for early voting as allowed by state law." Id. She then asked: "Would the Reitz Union on the University of Florida campus qualify as a government-owned community center or a convention center for purposes of early voting under the recently amended Section 101.657, Florida Statutes ?" Id....
...an early voting site. Id. This reasoning means that any on-campus facility cannot be an early voting site, including stadiums or permanent public library facilities, which are permissible early voting sites under the Early Voting Statute. Fla. Stat. § 101.657 (1)(a)....
...1079 ,
16 L.Ed.2d 169 (1966) ("[I]t is enough to say that once the franchise is granted to the electorate, lines may not be drawn which are inconsistent with the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment."). Admittedly, the Early Voting Statute authorizes early voting as "a convenience to the voter." Fla. Stat. §
101.657 ....
...15 State law authorizes a supervisor of election to designate "any city hall, permanent public library facility, fairground, civic center, courthouse, county commission building, stadium, convention center, government-owned senior center, or government-owned community center as early voting sites." Fla. Stat. § 101.657 (1)(a)....
CopyCited 3 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 15905
...for circuit court judge and
to notify voters of same, and to direct the Supervisor of Elections not to count any
monday.asp. (site last visited October 20, 2016) (announcing August 15-28, 2016
as the early-voting period for the primary election); §101.657(d), Fla....
CopyCited 3 times | Published | District Court, N.D. Florida
...In Florida, county supervisors of elections may designate several different locations as early voting sites, including "any city hall, permanent public library facility, fairground, civic center, courthouse, ... or government-owned community center." Fla. Stat. § 101.657 (1)(a)....
CopyCited 2 times | Published | District Court, M.D. Florida | 2012 WL 4356839, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 136014
...ficial capacity as Florida Secretary of State (the Secretary), and Jerry Holland, in his official capacity as Supervisor of Elections for Duval County, Florida (Holland). In the Complaint (Doc. 1), Plaintiffs allege that certain recent amendments to Section 101.657(d) of the Florida Statutes pertaining to the time period for *1240 early voting in Florida, violate both the Florida and the United States Constitutions, as well as Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), 42 U.S.C....
...Early voting shall be provided for 8 hours per weekday and 8 hours in the aggregate each weekend at each site during the applicable periods. Early voting sites shall open no sooner than 7 a.m. and close no later than 7 p.m. on each applicable day. Fla. Stat. § 101.657 (d) (2005 Early Voting Statute)....
...Florida law now provides that: Early voting shall begin on the 10th day before an election that contains state or *1241 federal races and end on the 3rd day before the election, and shall be provided for no less than 6 hours and no more than 12 hours per day at each site during the applicable period. Fla. Stat. § 101.657 (d) (eff....
...In this case, Plaintiffs seek a declaratory judgment that the 2011 Early Voting Statute violates both the Florida and the United States Constitutions, as well as Section 2 of the VRA. See Complaint at 24. In addition, Plaintiffs seek an injunction prohibiting Defendants from enforcing § 101.657(l)(d), Fla....
...(2011) to start on the 10th day prior to Election Day and end on the 3rd day before an election (the “Sunday Voting Ban”) and reinstating early voting beginning on the 15th day before election day and ending on the 2d day before an election as required in § 101.657(l)(d), Fla....
...for Preliminary Injunction.” See Holland’s Response at 2. . The legislature amended the 2004 version of the Early Voting Statute in 2005. Initially, Florida law provided that early voting would end "the day before an election.” See Fla. Stat. § 101.657 (d) (eff....
...een the end of early voting and Election Day.” See House of Representatives Staff Analysis (Doc. 30, App'x V4 at 1438). As such, the legislature changed the statute to allow early voting to end "on the 2nd day before an election.” See Fla. Stat. § 101.657 (d) (eff....
CopyCited 1 times | Published | District Court, M.D. Florida
...voting for more than one candidate for an office) is not explained in either portion of the report. In part as a response to the problems encountered by many voters in 2000, the Florida legislature amended the Early Voting Statute, Florida Statutes, section 101.657(1)(a) (2004)....
...arly votes cannot be cast until October 29. The majority of states involved in early voting opened the voting between October 4 and October 18. Id. In this election cycle, Florida's early voting began October 18 and runs until November 1. Fla. Stat. § 101.657(1)(b)....
...mputer programs are required for use at early polling sites as opposed to at voting precinct sites on election day. Turning back to the circumstances leading up to the filing of this case, the Supervisor of Elections Office in Duval County, based on section 101.657, announced that there would be one early voting site the Supervisor of Elections Office in downtown Jacksonville....
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carry out their statutory duties under Fla. Stat. §
101.657 to select sites for early voting. See Fla. Dep’t
CopyPublished | District Court, M.D. Florida | 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 26522, 2004 WL 3088633
...voting for more than one candidate for an office) is not explained in either portion of the report. In part as a response to the problems encountered by many voters in 2000, the Florida legislature amended the Early Voting Statute, Florida Statutes, section 101.657(l)(a) (2004)....
...ly votes cannot be cast until October 29. The majority of states involved in early voting opened the voting between October 4 and October 18. Id. In this election cycle, Florida’s early voting began October 18 and runs until November 1. Fla. Stat. § 101.657 (l)(b)....
...mputer programs are required for use at early polling sites as opposed to at voting precinct sites on election day. Turning back to the circumstances leading up to the filing of this case, the Supervisor of Elections Office in Duval County, based on section 101.657, announced that there would be one early voting site — the Supervisor of Elections Office in downtown Jacksonville....
CopyPublished | District Court, M.D. Florida | 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 21075, 2004 WL 2345503
...ting site in Daytona Beach. At the time of the complaint’s filing, Volusia County had designated early voting at the main office of the Department of Elections, located in DeLand, to commence on October 18, 2004, in accordance with Fla. Stat. Ann. § 101.657 (West 2004)....
...ments of the Florida Early Voting Statute. Under the statute, the supervisor was not required to open additional sites. The statute states that “the supervisor may designate any city hall or public library as early voting sites.” Fla. Stat. Ann. § 101.657 (l)(a)(West 2004)(emphasis added)....
...However, once the decision is made to open an additional site, the statute states that "the sites must be geographically located so as to provide all voters in the county an equal opportunity to cast a ballot, insofar as is practicable.” Fla. Stat. Ann. § 101.657 (l)(a)(West 2004)....
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...voting site in Daytona Beach. At the time of the complaint's filing, Volusia County had designated early voting at the main office of the Department of Elections, located in DeLand, to commence on October 18, 2004, in accordance with Fla. Stat. Ann. § 101.657 (West 2004)....
...uirements of the Florida Early Voting Statute. Under the statute, the supervisor was not required to open additional sites. The statute states that "the supervisor may designate any city hall or public library as early voting sites." Fla. Stat. Ann. § 101.657(1)(a)(West 2004)(emphasis added)....
...[2] However, once the decision is made to open an additional site, the statute states that "the sites must be geographically located so as to provide all voters in the county an equal opportunity to cast a ballot, insofar as is practicable." Fla. Stat. Ann. § 101.657(1)(a)(West 2004)....
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...(online ed.) (last accessed April 27, 2020).7 Again, why would the legislature
7
As an example, the Secretary of State recently issued a directive instructing how county
election supervisors are to carry out their statutory duties under Fla. Stat. § 101.657 to select sites
for early voting. See Fla. Dep’t of State, Directive 2020-01—Early Voting Sites on College &
University Campuses and Fla. Stat. 101.657(1)(a) (Apr. 2, 2020),
https://dos.myflorida.com/media/702989/directive-2020-01.pdf. Under Florida law, election
supervisors must operate early voting sites. See Fla. Stat. § 101.657(1)(a)....
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disproportionately struggle to use drop boxes during the early-vot-
ing period, if drop boxes were only available during that time. The
early-voting period includes all seven days of the week, see FLA.
STAT. § 101.657(d), so any racial disparities in the flexibility of work-
ing hours and access to transportation do not impact black voters’
ability to deposit ballots in drop boxes during the early-voting pe-
riod....
